Water-heater



(No Model.)

HY. A. GANTBRT.

WATEE HEATER.

Patented May 22,1883.

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HERMANN A. GANTERT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

WATER-HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nof 278,123, dated May 22,1883.

Application filed January 27, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN A. GAN- TERT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of San Francisco, State of California, haveinvented a new and improved apparatus for supplying hot or cold waterfrom` a single nozzle, particularlydesigned for the use of brewers inwashing and cleansing beerbarrels, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of the invention is to dispense with the more expensive formsof heating apparatus at present in use, and to provide the operator witha convenient means of iinmediately regulating the supply of Water, andits temperature from cold to boiling-point.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectionalelevation of mydevice in det-ail. Fig. 2 is an elevation, showing my device inconnection with both Isupply and discharge pipes and supply-tank.

In both figures the same letters refer to the same parts.

A is a short metal tube-.say a foot and a halt' long and of about threeinches interior diameter. B is a metal cap screwed upon its upper end toclose it, and B' is a similar cap performing the sameservicc for thelower end.

Each of these caps may have a ange, C C, throughwhich wood-screws may bepassed to fasten the apparatus to any convenient Wall or timber support.

D is a valve to regulate the quantity of cold water admitted throughpipe D into the tube A, and E is a valve to regulate the quantity ofsteam admitted through pipe E. y

F is the discharge-pipe, shown in the drawings to consist of the nippleF, elbow F', hose- `nipple F", and hose Fl".

G is a metal nozzle, provided with stopcock G.

H is a tank to contain the stored water.

The pipe E leads from a steam-generator. The pipe which enters the tubeA to admit the steam may be either at the bottom or at the top, and itmay be best to project it into the center of the tube and let it curvedownward to project the steam in the direction in which the water ows.(See dotted lines, Fig. l.) It isimmaterial as to the production of someeffect what the relative steam and Water pressure is, but the besteffect will be produced when the steam-pressure is the greater. It isbetter, therefore, that the apparatus should be arranged so thatthevalve E' will-not be so far below the level of the water in the tank asto give a waterpressure exceeding the steam pressure. Therefore, incases Where the steam-pressure is irregular, and which may often bequite low, the pipes Dand E are made of rubber and long enough so thatthe tube A may be raised to reduce the water-pressure above thesteam-entrance. (See dotted lines, Fig. 2.) To permitthis an eyebolt, I,is provided in the upper cap, B, to which a rope, M, is attached. Thisrope passes up to a point nearly as high as the tank, and over a pulley,J, to suspend a counter-weight, K, of such proportionate weight as tonearly balance the opposing weight of all the parts. A cord, L, may beattached underneath to thecounter-weight to pull it down, and thus raisethe tube and its connections. If a pressure of steam of only, say, tenpounds can be had, the apparatus is raised until the water pressure is`reduced. to about eight pounds, or, in other words, the level of thewater-supply is fifteen to twenty feet above the valve E. the nozzle Grwill not be affected by raising and lowering the tube A, for the levelof the nozzle will be constant.

By adjusting the openings of the steam and water valves various degreesof temperature and How of water maybe obtained. By raising or loweringthe tube A the high or low pressure of the steam may be provided for.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isas follows l. The water-heater herein described, consisting of the tubeA, into which Water under pressure is admitted by the valve D to How outthrough the passage-way F, while steam is admitted into said tubethrough valve E to heat the said water.

2. The water-heater as above claimed, in combination with a raising andloweritig device to adjust the water-pressure with relation to thepressure of the steam available, substantially as described. y,

HERMANN A. GANTERT.

Witnesses:

GEORGE PARDY, C. J. HALL.

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